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Read-Alouds and Presentations Week to Week by Grade Level

4/25/2022

 

Week of April 25, 2022 | TK | "Ugly Ducklings" Beloved Old Books

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Else Holmelund Minarek (1920-2012)
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Little Bear (1957), by Else Holmelund Minarek (1920-2012) 
Else Holmelund Minarek worked as reporter before becoming a first grade teacher and recognizing the need for children's books with simple words. She wrote over 40 children's books during her lifetime. Little Bear was her first, and was also the very first book in the I Can Read! series.
Crafty Connection Embellish and color a teddy bear "chapter book"

Week of April 25, 2022 | Kindergarten | Beloved Older Books

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Roger Duvoisin (1904-1980)
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Petunia (1950) by Roger Duvoisin (1904-1980)
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 Petunia the Silly Goose presented by Shannon R. Linville (running time approx. 10 min.)
When Petunia finds a book in the barnyard she believes she is wise because she carries it under her wing. But when her advice to the other animals goes all wrong she realizes that to be truly wise she must learn to read.
Crafty Connection Color and cut out Ida and her chicks math manipulative

Week of April 25, 2022 | First Grade | "Ugly Ducklings"
Compare and Contrast Beloved Older Books with Newer Books

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​Harry the Dirty Dog, by Gene Zion (1956)
Video Harry the Dirty Dog presented Storyline Online with Betty White (running time approx. 5 min.)
Harry is a white dog with black spots who loves everything . . . except baths. One day, before bath time, Harry runs away. By the time he returns home, Harry is so dirty he looks like a black dog with white spots and his family doesn't recognize him.
The Sky Dog, by Brinton Turkle (1969)

Video Sky Dog presented by Rachel White (running time approx. 6 min.)
A little boy is convinced that the white dog he finds on the beach is the same one he used to see playing among the clouds overhead.

​A Dog Wearing Shoes, by Sangmi Ko (2015)
Video A Dog Wearing Shoes presented by Maya Condos (running time approx. 4 min.)
Mini finds a dog and begs to keep him. Based on a true story. The author's niece once found a lost dog with 
shoes on, and after returning him to his owner, she adopted a dog named Ray. Sangmi lives and works in Seoul, South Korea, with two adopted dogs, White and Malti.
Found, by Jeff Newman (2018)
Video Found presented Northern Bright Bookshelf (running time approx. 4 min.)
In this wordless story, a young girl who has lost her own dog bonds with a stray and makes a tough decision about doing the right thing when the dog's owner is found.
Crafty Connection "Reader of the Pack" dog coloring sheet

Week of April 25, 2022 | Second Grade | Poetry Month
Compare and Contrast Beloved Older Books with Newer Books

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The Outside Cat, by Jane Thayer (1957)
Video The Outside Cat presented by WastelesslyWise (running time approx. 10 min.)
Samuel wants to get inside. He finally does, only to discover that the family and cat who were living there have moved. Now Samuel wants out, but he’s trapped in an empty house. 
Six-Dinner Sid, by Inga Moore (1991)
Video Six-Dinner Sid presented by Ms. Shelly's Read Aloud (running time approx. 5 min.)
A clever cat lives with six families.
Won Ton : a Cat Tale Told in Haiku, by Lee Wardlaw (2011)
Video Won Ton presented by Julia and Girls Inc of Greater Santa Barbara (running time approx. 10 min.)
Prefaced with a clear explanation of the traditional Japanese haiku, a three-line poem with seventeen syllables, written in a 5 | 7 | 5 syllable count. Often focusing on images from nature, haiku emphasizes simplicity, intensity, and directness of expression.
A cat arrives at a shelter, arranges to go home with a good family, and settles in with them, all the while letting them know who is boss and, finally, sharing his real name.

Crafty Connection Haiku worksheet

Week of April 25, 2022 | Third Grade | Poetry Month

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Listen to a picture book told in verse. Listen to a poem. Then have fun creating poetry using the titles of books (directions below).
A Sock Is a Pocket for Your Toes, by Elizabeth Garton Scanlon
Video A Sock Is a Pocket for Your Toes presented by amandpmstorytime (running time approx. 4 min.)
A poetic celebration of non-traditional pockets and what they hold, pointing out that a sock is a pocket for your toes and a vase is a pocket for a rose.
I'm Just No Good at Rhyming, by Chris Harris
Video I'm Just No Good at Rhyming presented by Tiffanie Bui (poem ends at min. 1:17)
A frolicking romp through the zany world of nonsense verse.
Crafty Connection Book Spine Poems Print worksheet It’s fun! It’s easy! It makes a bit of a library mess! Oh, well! Select three to six books with titles that inspire your poetic fire. Stack the books flat, one on top of the other, so the spines are visible. Move the books around until you like the way it reads, top to bottom. Write the titles on this worksheet the way you want the poem to read, top to bottom. Go over the titles with marker. Shade in each rectangle lightly with a different color crayon to create book spines.

Week of April 25, 2022 | Fourth Grade | Poetry Month
Black Out Poems Created from Weeded Novels

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Black Out Poetry 
Video How to: Black Out Poetry by Ariel Bisset (running time 5:37 stop at 4:13)
Choose a page from a discarded book and rip it out neatly. Find the poem by scanning the page and lightly underlining or boxing interesting words. Black out the rest of the page so only the poem is left. Alternatively, highlight the poem with a doodle.

Week of April 25, 2022 | Fifth Grade | Poetry Month
Hidden Poems Found in Discarded Books

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Hidden Poetry 
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 Hidden Poems by Miriam Paternoster (running time 3:28)
Choose a page from a discarded book and rip it out neatly. Try not to read the words on the page. Draw the outline of any object and then choose your words from within the object. Look for words that fit your drawing. You will be surprised when they seem to emerge like magic from the object you have drawn. Lightly underline the selected words with pencil. When you are sure of them, box them in. And now you can draw freely, filling in the details of your object.

Read-Alouds and Presentations Week to Week by Grade Level

4/18/2022

 

Week of April 18, 2022 | All Grades | Celebrating Earth Week

Earth Day is an annual observance, held on April 22, to increase awareness of environmental issues. Millions of people worldwide gather to clean up litter, to protest threats to the environment, and to celebrate progress in reducing pollution. In 1969, U.S. Senator Gaylord Nelson suggested that a day of environmental education be held on college campuses. The following year, the lawyer and environmentalist Denis Hayes (then a recent graduate of Stanford University) led hundreds of students in organizing the observance of Earth Day on April 22, 1970. About 20 million people participated in this celebration. The event helped to alert people to the dangers of pollution and fostered a new environmental movement. Also in 1970, Congress created the Environmental Protection Agency to set and enforce pollution standards, and passed the Clean Air Act which limits the amount of air pollution that cars, utilities, and industries could release. Other environmental laws soon followed. (Hayes, Denis. "Earth Day." World Book Student. World Book, 2016. Web. 18 Apr. 2016.)
The effort continues with Grades of Green, a grassroots organization that teaches kids about environmental stewardship that got its start at Grand View Elementary School in 2009. 
Video ABC7 Eyewitness News Manhattan Beach Students are Pros at Saving the Planet

Week of April 18, 2022 | TK and Kindergarten | Earth Week
​Natural Resources

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The Earth Book, by Todd Parr
Students learn simple ways to take care of the planet. 

Video Paired with the animated Think Earth which shows the impact humans have on the environment and how to minimize it for a healthier planet. Define and discuss natural resources: paper, metal, glass, oil. 
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Coloring sheets
Composting... Life in the Slow Lane! 
Clean Storm Drains = Healthy Oceans!

Week of April 18, 2022 | First Grade | Earth Week
The Four Rs + Repurpose and Refuse

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Earth! My First 4.54 Billion Years, by Stacy McAnulty
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A simple story that joyfully introduces readers to key moments in the planet's life, from its formation over four billion years ago to the present and ends on a reflective note to encourage sharing, playing nice, and cleaning up.
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Video Paired with the animated Recycle Rex Rex and friends learn about recycling firsthand when the field where they play is in jeopardy of being turned into a landfill. Define and discuss the Six Rs and how excessive packaging contributes to waste. 
Coloring sheets
Composting... Life in the Slow Lane! 
Clean Storm Drains = Healthy Oceans!

Week of April 18, 2022 | Second Grade | Earth Week
Out of Sight, Out of Mind. Where Does Trash Go?

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Clean Your Room, Harvey Moon! by Pat Cummings When Harvey cleans his room by stuffing everything under the rug he learns that though out of sight may be out of mind, it is not good enough when it comes to finding a place for his things. Discuss over-consumption and how landfills are filling to capacity. 
Video clip Toys All Gone
Coloring sheets
Composting... Life in the Slow Lane! 
Clean Storm Drains = Healthy Oceans!

Week of April 18, 2022 | Third Grade | Earth Week
Making Land Use Decisions for the Seventh Generation | Wetlands

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Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth, by Oliver Jeffers
An uplifting, sweetly humorous observation about the importance of kindness, tolerance, and sharing.
Curriculum connection Ballona Wetlands field trip. Opening with a visit to a wetlands preserve, and invoking "7th generation" wisdom, Common Ground, the Water, Earth and Air We Share imparts the message of conservation and responsibility for our shared natural resources and respect for the environment. 
Coloring sheets
Composting... Life in the Slow Lane! 
Clean Storm Drains = Healthy Oceans!

Week of April 18, 2022 | Fourth Grade | Earth Week
Toxic Waste Disposal

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Someday a Tree, by Eve Bunting
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A young girl, her parents, and their neighbors try to save an oak tree that has been poisoned by illegal hazardous waste dumping.

Video Big Yellow Taxi sung by Joni Mitchell. 
Coloring sheets
Composting... Life in the Slow Lane! 
Clean Storm Drains = Healthy Oceans!

Week of April 18, 2022 | Fifth Grade | Earth Week
Making Promises and Taking Action | The Power of One

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Earth Day, by Linda Lowery
Tells the story of Earth Day 1970 and 1990 in the United States and the special activities planned to call global attention to the problems of pollution, environmental destruction, and waste of natural resources.
The effort continues with Grades of Green, a grassroots organization that teaches kids about environmental stewardship that got its start at Grand View Elementary School in 2009. 
Video ABC7 Eyewitness News Manhattan Beach Students are Pros at Saving the Planet 
Wangari's Trees of Peace, by Jeanette Winter
The story of Wangari Maathai, a Nobel Prize-winning environmentalist who, shocked to see entire forests being cut down in her native country of Kenya, decided to take action beginning with the planting of nine seedlings in her own backyard.

Pedal Power, by Allan Drummond
The story of the people in Amsterdam in the 1970s who led protests against crowded, unsafe streets and took over a vehicles-only tunnel on their bikes, showing what a little pedal power could do.
The World's Poorest President Speaks Out, by Jose Mujica, President of Uruguay (2010-2015)
In 2012, the United Nations brought governments, international institutions, and major groups together to agree on a range of measures that would bring about sustainable and fair use of resources. When it came time for the president of Uruguay to speak, Jose Mujica presented the problem of sustainability and climate change differently from previous speakers. Mujica posited that the real problem is not climate change but "how we have come to live our lives" in a vicious cycle "where we sell things to make money, which we use to buy whatever we want, and then buy some more." He challenged listeners to consider whether "we were born to pursue economic growth and progress [or rather] to live in such a way as to find happiness on this planet." 
Video The World's Poorest President (aired on Kenyan Citizen TV, 2013) 
Coloring sheets
Composting... Life in the Slow Lane! 
Clean Storm Drains = Healthy Oceans!

Read-Alouds and Presentations Week to Week by Grade Level

4/11/2022

 

Week of April 11, 2022 | TK and Kindergarten
Celebrating National School Library Month and
Beverly Cleary's Birthday April 12 with D.E.A.R. Time

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Beverly Cleary (1916-2021)
Book! Book! Book! by Deborah Bruss
The animals on the farm go to the library to find something to do, but the librarian doesn't understand what they are trying to say. Kindergarten students will explore the other half of the library this week.
Crafty Connection for TK Step-by-step instructions to make cheerful paper frogs (add a paper book)
Crafty Connection for Kindergarten Frog and duck coloring sheet

Celebrating Author Beverly Cleary
April 12, 1916, McMinnville, Oregon - March 25, 2021, Carmel-by-the-Sea, California
From Henry Huggins (1950) to Ramona's World (1999) Beverly Cleary wrote books for children, about children much like themselves. Children of today may find themselves amazed at the freedom to roam that was enjoyed by the children in Beverly's books, not unusual at the time.
National D.E.A.R. Day April 12 Drop Everything And Read
In 2006, to mark Beverly's 90th birthday, the American Library Association, and others set aside her birthday, April 12, as a day to remind and encourage families to make reading together on a daily basis a family priority. When Beverly’s own children were young, they participated in sustained silent reading time at school, known as D.E.A.R. Their enthusiasm for this activity inspired Beverly to give the same experience to Ramona, who gets to enjoy DEAR time with her class in Ramona Quimby, Age 8 (1981), introduced in Chapter 2.

Week of April 11, 2022 | First through Fifth Grade
Celebrating National School Library Month with Who's On First?

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Extended Costello family
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Chris and Paddy Costello (front)
Who's on First? With split second comedic timing Bud Abbott and Lou Costello bring their hilarious baseball routine to a new generation of delighted fans.
Script Who's on First?
Video Who's on First? (1953)
Bonus Video 7 into 28 Lou Costello invents CGI math (chuckle-chuckle)
Crafty Connection Who's on First coloring sheet 

Local news report Extended Costello family in the Library Beach Reporter article (May 5, 2013) 
Local news report Lou Costello's daughter in the Library Easy Reader article (April 14, 2010) 

Week of April 11, 2022 | First through Fifth Grade
Celebrating Author Beverly Cleary's Birthday with D.E.A.R. Time

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Beverly Cleary (1916-2021)
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Celebrating Author Beverly Cleary
April 12, 1916, McMinnville, Oregon - March 25, 2021, Carmel-by-the-Sea, California
From Henry Huggins (1950) to Ramona's World (1999) Beverly Cleary wrote books for children, about children much like themselves. Children of today may find themselves amazed at the freedom to roam that was enjoyed by the children in Beverly's books, not unusual at the time.
Audio Excerpt Listen to actor Neil Patrick Harris read Chapter 1 of Henry Huggins.

"Quite often somebody will say, What year do your books take place? and the only answer I can give is, in childhood."

Learning to read did not come easily for young Beverly, and once she did learn, she found the stories contained in early readers to be boring, simple, and unsurprising. Then, in the third grade, on a rainy afternoon at home, she found herself enjoying reading The Dutch Twins, by Lucy Fitch Perkins about the adventures of ordinary children. The book awoke in her the joys of reading for pleasure and she began spending extra time in the public library.

"Children should learn that reading is a pleasure, not just something that teachers make you do in school."

By the time Beverly was in sixth grade, a teacher suggested she should become a children's author, based on essays she had written for class assignments. Beverly first worked as a children's librarian and in a bookstore before becoming a full-time writer for children. In her work as a librarian, she struggled to find books to recommend to children, books that they would have fun reading, so she decided to write children's books herself, books about characters that young readers could relate to.

"I enjoy writing for third and fourth graders most of all."

During an interview with the Los Angeles Times in 2011 at the age of 95 she stated, "I've had an exceptionally happy career." Beverly Cleary died in a retirement home a few weeks shy of her 105th birthday. No cause of death was given.

National DEAR Day April 12 Drop Everything And Read
In 2006, to mark Beverly's 90th birthday, the American Library Association, and others set aside her birthday, April 12, as a day to remind and encourage families to make reading together on a daily basis a family priority. When Beverly’s own children were young, they participated in sustained silent reading time at school, known as DEAR. Their enthusiasm for this activity inspired Beverly to give the same experience to Ramona, who gets to enjoy DEAR time with her class in Ramona Quimby, Age 8 (1981), introduced in Chapter 2.
Audio Excerpt Listen to Chapter 2 of Ramona Quimby, Age 8, presented by MrsMorrisReads

Read-Alouds and Presentations Week to Week by Grade Level

4/4/2022

 

April 4-11, 2022 | Spring Break

School resumes Tuesday, April 12
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    MBUSD begins the 2021-22 school year with full-day in-person learning

    The library is open to students and staff beginning August 30, 2021. All will wear masks inside at all times and will be mindful of physical distancing.
    Beginning March 14, 2022 the wearing of masks is strongly recommended but not required.

    Library Program

    Our students enjoy weekly visits for a presentation crafted to instill a love of reading, to enhance
    Common Core classroom lessons, and to inspire life-long learning. Visits include checking out materials, practicing information literacy, and exercising digital citizenship.
    Colleagues are welcome to borrow program ideas.

    California Model School Library Standards 

    Read Aloud 15 Minutes. 
    Every Child. Every Parent. Every Day See why it matters at readaloud.org

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